RULES & REGULATIONS – TERMS AND CONDITIONS
There are several deadlines set for this competition - latest deadline closes June 30, 2007. (20) semi-finalists shall be announced by August 1, 2007, and their names and script titles shall be listed on the festival’s Web site. Of those semi-finalists, (10) entries shall be selected for a special finalists’ group. On the festival’s closing night, three winners (first, second, and third place) shall be announced during the final Awards Ceremony. Winners will be honored with either cash or special services prizes, and the first place winner shall have that script presented in a professionally "staged" reading in a New York or Los Angeles "performance" venue.
Applicants must submit :
- (1) copy of an original feature film screenplay, approximately 80-130 pages in length, formatted in industry standard screenplay format and written in English. (Please note: Only original works are accepted. Submissions may not be based, in whole or in part, on material, fictional or nonfictional, produced or unproduced, published or unpublished, unless such material was originally created and published/produced by the applicant, in another medium). No revisions or updated versions will be accepted beyond the initial submission.
- A completed application form and an ‘entry fee’ check or money order of the appropriate value based on deadline.
Please make check or money order payable to: DOMANI VISION - PBM 155 - 6402 18th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11204
Applicant may submit multiple entries, however, those must be accompanied by a separate entry form and respective fee(s) for each separate submission. Collaborative works are accepted and are treated as (1) submission, regardless of how many authors are responsible for creating the work.
In the event that your project is selected as a "semi-finalist", you may be required to provide additional items, such as personal photos (digital and/or hard copy) to be used for program booklet listings, and short bios, along with revised synopses.
Domani Vision, based upon its own opinions and voting procedures, reserves the right to grant no awards if there is no entry that qualifies with sufficient merit.
Domani Vision shall not be held liable for damages and/or loss resulting from shipping/handling and/or technical problems.
The submitted material must be an original work, created solely by the applicant(s) named. Adaptations are only accepted when the work that is being adapted has also been authored by the applicant(s) named.
Applicant(s) agree to hold Domani Vision harmless from, and defended against all claims, demands, costs, judgments, losses, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), and liabilities resulting out of or in connection with any and all claims of third parties, whether or not groundless, based on any stories submitted to the Visionfest Feature Screenplay Competition or on any screenplay developed out of such stories.
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